Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett

A true story, this tale of a thief with a rare-book obsession, is part biography, part autobiography, and part dissertation on the world of rare books. Mostly, the author ponders why people collect rare books and what exactly made the thief think that it was perfectly okay to "get" books without paying for them. It seemed to be a sense of entitlement and a belief that the world didn't recognize and reward him enough. Interesting glimpse into a somewhat arcane world.

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